MRO Viewpoints
HFMA 2023: The Importance of Digitizing Requests
The HFMA 2023 Annual Conference wrapped up earlier this week at the Gaylord Opryland in Nashville, TN. Our team attended insightful presentations and had meaningful one-on-one conversations with attendees, all centered around cost-effective health. A common theme...
Innovation in Payer and Provider Data Exchange: On-Air Insights
I recently had the pleasure of speaking with Beth Friedman, Senior Partner at FINN Partners, as a guest on the FINN Voices show on Healthcare NOW Radio. The topic was innovation in payer and provider data exchange. As we talked about the challenges between payers and...
HIMSS23: A Look Back to Look Forward
The HIMSS Global Health Conference and Exhibit returned in full force to Chicago’s McCormick Place Convention Center during April 2023. Our team attended, presented, and exhibited at the event along with over 35,000 attendees and 1,200 healthcare technology companies....
Interoperability Regulations and the Effects on Health Information Management
While we’ve made real strides toward interoperability and responsible patient data sharing, there’s still work to be done.
HIMSS TV 2023 Forecast: Balancing Patient Privacy and Data Sharing
I recently had the pleasure of speaking with Andrea Fox, senior editor of Healthcare IT News, a HIMSS TV publication, to discuss the future of balancing patient privacy and data sharing. This important topic was also the opening theme of the HIMSS Cybersecurity Forum...
2023 HIM Planning Includes Seven New Ways to Focus Your Internal Coding Audits
I recently collaborated with Jacqueline Erickson, RHIA, CRCR, to provide HIM professionals with valuable advice on how to plan for their 2023 internal audits. This Journal of AHIMA article is an important launch point for anyone involved in HIM and coding audits....
HIM Today: Funny Lessons Learned from 2022
Recently, I had the pleasure of moderating a panel discussion between Health Information Management (HIM) experts, discussing HIM today and the funny lessons learned this past year. As I’m sure many of us can relate, since the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, life looks...
National Cybersecurity Awareness Month: 4 Ways to Protect your Privacy Today
October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, launched in 2004 by the National Cybersecurity Division of the Department of Homeland Security and the nonprofit National Cyber Security Alliance. As cybersecurity becomes more prevalent, there is much to consider...
Five Proven Ways to Improve Internal Audits with Audit Software
Maintaining and managing audits is one of the most time-consuming yet critical parts to ensure revenue integrity. Denial volume is on the rise, which is why auditing has become increasingly difficult. I recently wrote an article titled “Internal Audits Help Combat...